Historians Voltaire

Voltaire

Living place: Paris

Birthday: 21-11-1694

Global rank: #19028

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Who is Historians Voltaire?
French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher who is known for his wit and his pointed social criticism. His popular work, Candide, satirized French aristocrats and the church.
The French work that toppled him helped spur the American Revolution.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He studied Greek and Latin at the Louis-le-Grand School, but dropped out to pursue a career as a writer. He later wrote a satirical poem about the Duke of Orleans that led to his long-term imprisonment near him at the Bastille.

Family life info

He and his four older siblings were the children of a Parisian lawyer. He took the name Voltaire in 1718.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Historians Voltaire?
He was influenced by the works of William Shakespeare.

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When was Historians Voltaire born?
Voltaire was born in 21-11-1694, death year is , at the age of 330.
Where is Historians Voltaire's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Voltaire was born in Paris, of France. is a Historians, whose Zodiac is Scorpius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dog. Voltaire's global rank is 19028 and whose rank is 1 in list of famous Historians.
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Events in 1694 and 21-11

Birthday Voltaire (21-11) in history

  • Day 21-11 year 1783: Two men, D'Rozier and D'Arlandes, made the first free flight in a hot air balloon, reaching a maximum altitude of about 3,000 ft, flying about 5 and a half miles in 20 minutes, and returning safely to the ground.
  • Day 21-11 year 1789: North Carolina becomes the 12th state of the United States.
  • Day 21-11 year 1922: Georgia's Rebecca Felton was sworn into the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman U.S. Senator.
  • Day 21-11 year 1934: Cole Porter's musical Anything Goes opened in New York City.
  • Day 21-11 year 1969: For the first time since 1930, the U.S. Senate rejected a Supreme Court nominee, Clement Haynsworth.
  • Day 21-11 year 1973: The 18 1/2 min gap in the Richard Nixon Watergate tapes was revealed.
  • Day 21-11 year 1991: Egypt's Boutros Boutros-Ghali was chosen to become secretary-general by the UN Security Council.
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